TANASUE CARPENTER

Chief Financial Officer Annex Brands, Inc.

TanaSue Carpenter is CFO at Annex Brands and has more than two decades of experience in accounting and finance. The first woman in Annex Brands' history to hold the position of CFO, she is also only the second CFO in company history. Carpenter joined Annex Brands as its director of accounting in 2012, and in 2018, was promoted to executive director of finance & controller. She was promoted again in 2020 to vice president of finance, before being elevated to the position of CFO in December 2022. While not a board member, Carpenter is a member in good standing of the International Franchise Association. Carpenter is a San Diego native who was raised in Santee. She earned a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix in 2003 and earned an MBA from the University of Phoenix in 2006.